Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum

By the end of Kindergarten, the students should be able to:

Letters:

*Name the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet in order (A,B,C) and out of order (K,Z,M)

*Recognize and produce the letter sounds

*Print the letters following given models

Word Play:

*Make rhyming words (What is a word that rhymes with cake? bake, make, take etc.)

*Identify and count syllables in words (Can you clap the syllable in the word dinosaur? Di-no-saur)

*Recognize the beginning sound of a word (What sound do you hear at the beginning of the word “sun?” Student should make the “s” sound.)

*Recognize the ending sound of a word (What sound do you hear at the end of the word “cat?” Student should make the “t” sound.)

*Put letter sounds together to make a word (Teacher gives the three sounds b-a-t. Student blends the sounds for the word "bat.")

*Identify individual sounds in words (What sounds do you hear in the word cat? Student gives the three sounds: “c-a-t”)

Book/Print Skills:

*Find the front and back of a book

*Point to the title on the front of the book and locate the title page

*Locate the first page in a story

*Point to the words as s/he is reading a story or while someone else reads the story.

*Read print from left to right and top to bottom

*Point to the first word on the page and the last word on the page.

*Demonstrate understanding of a letter, a word, a sentence (Can you show me a word on the page? A letter? A sentence?)

*Read words from the kindergarten sight word list.

Writing:

*Use some correct beginning and ending sounds when writing words (bs for bus)

*Use some kindergarten sight words in writing (“I s the bs “ for “ I see the bus”)

*Write a complete thought with a capital letter at the beginning, spaces between words, a punctuation mark at the end (I s the bs.) *Write first and last name with the initial letter capitalized

Comprehension/Vocabulary

*Identify the characters and setting in a story

*Retell main events in a familiar story

*Answer questions about a story

*Use and understand age appropriate vocabulary

Reading Skills

*Read predictable stories from memory and point to words while reading

*Read words from the Kindergarten sight word list

*Use picture clues and initial word sounds to figure out unknown words.

*Goal – Level 3 DRA

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